Forms??

**trini shotta** · 09-18-2006, 09:55 PM

Hey
Im trying to make a form for my site. I'm not knowledgeable in CGI. I made a form in front page and i need to know if and how to send the results to my email address. Here is my HTML so far:
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<title>Nightlife Bookings</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF">

<p align="center"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold" color="#FF0000" size="6">Nightlife
Bookings</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold" color="#FFFFFF" size="5">Book
your limo</font></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

<p>Name: <input type="text" name="Name" size="20"></p>
<p>Phone Number: <input type="text" name="Phone" size="20"></p>
<p>E-mail: <input type="text" name="Email" size="20"></p>
<p>Date limo needed: <select size="1" name="D1">
<option>Jan</option>
<option>Feb</option>
<option>Mar</option>
<option>Apr</option>
<option>May</option>
<option>Jun</option>
<option>Jul</option>
<option>Aug</option>
<option>Sep</option>
<option>Oct</option>
<option>Nov</option>
<option>Dec</option>
</select><select size="1" name="D2">
<option>01</option>
<option>02</option>
<option>03</option>
<option>04</option>
<option>05</option>
<option>06</option>
<option>07</option>
<option>08</option>
<option>09</option>
<option>10</option>
<option>11</option>
<option>12</option>
<option>13</option>
<option>14</option>
<option>15</option>
<option>16</option>
<option>17</option>
<option>18</option>
<option>19</option>
<option>20</option>
<option>21</option>
<option>22</option>
<option>23</option>
<option>24</option>
<option>25</option>
<option>26</option>
<option>27</option>
<option>28</option>
<option>29</option>
<option>30</option>
<option>31</option>
</select><select size="1" name="D3">
<option>2006</option>
<option>2007</option>
<option>2008</option>
</select></p>
<p>Pick-up time: <input type="text" name="Pickup1" size="20"><input type="radio" value="AM" checked name="Pickup">AM
<input type="radio" name="Pickup" value="PM">PM</p>
<p>Return time: <input type="text" name="Dropoff1" size="20"><input type="radio" name="Dropoff" value="AM" checked>AM
<input type="radio" name="Dropoff" value="PM">PM</p>
<p>Pick-up/Return address:  <textarea rows="2" name="PickupAddress" cols="20"></textarea></p>
<p>Destination address/Nightclub: <textarea rows="2" name="DestinationAddress" cols="20"></textarea></p>
<p>Type of limousine requested:</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="R1" value="LinTowncar" checked>Lincon Towncar
Stretch (10)</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="R1" value="Excursion21">Ford Excursion SUV
stretch (12)</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="R1" value="Navigator">Lincon Navigator SUV
stretch (14)</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="R1" value="Excursion22">Ford Excursion SUV extra
stretch (20)</p>
<p><input type="radio" name="R1" value="Bus">Limo Bus (30)</p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"><input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></p>
</form>

</body>

</html>

If anyone knows a better and more efficeint way, let me know!
Thanks!

**djr33** · 09-19-2006, 12:27 AM

First, the only line of code from the WHOLE page that matters is this:
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

Second, I have no idea what --WEBBOT-SELF-- means. Maybe that means there's some strange addon to your site that handles forms. If not, that means it just won't do anything.

If you want the cheap way of doing it, use mailto:your@email.com as the action. That requires going through the users mail program, though.

If you want something better than this, I say welcome to PHP.
With the method of post, your values are available in php as $_POST['fieldname'], and you can then use php to organize them, etc.
Then just use the mail() function to email them to yourself.
Not too hard once you learn a bit about php.

**Twey** · 09-19-2006, 07:09 AM

Second, I have no idea what --WEBBOT-SELF-- means.

We're talking FrontPage Extensions. I'm guessing --WEBBOT-SELF-- is the URL of the current page.

**djr33** · 09-20-2006, 05:26 AM

Ah. That's shown by the --...--?
Well, I guess we'd need more info to be able to help.
And since I have no clue how frontpage extensions work, I can't do much.
I'd still recommend php as it's more available for all servers, not just those with frontpage extensions enabled. I think that's windows only.
And, considering that, the first thing to do would be to check that frontpage extensions are enabled on your host. Check your hosting control panel, or whatever they give you to control it. (If you have your own server, then look into setting up frontpage extensions if you don't have them already.)

**Twey** · 09-20-2006, 08:54 AM

I'd still recommend php as it's more available for all servers, not just those with frontpage extensions enabled.

PHP still has to be enabled, though

It is more common, though, yes.

I think that's windows only.

No, it runs on UNIX-based servers too.

**trini shotta** · 09-20-2006, 06:26 PM

thanks for the help! i have no idea on php programming, but i'll try to learn. Also, i've been told not to use front page for web design. What would you guys recommend?

**Twey** · 09-20-2006, 06:58 PM

Any text editor should serve you fine. Notepad, TextEdit, Kate, vim... the latter two even have syntax highlighting.

**Aragoth** · 10-18-2006, 05:34 PM

I'm purely a Notepad ++ kinda guy. That is actually a fairly nice notepad replacement... Here's a link to other HTML Editor Programs: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=13842

You know, now that I think about it, Notepad is probably the reason I suck so much...